Approximately 4% of the limited M. genitalium genome contains repeat sequences termed MgPar regions that have homology to mgpB and mgpC, which encode antigenic proteins associated with attachment. We have previously shown that mgpB sequences vary within a single strain of M. genitalium in a pattern consistent with recombination between mgpB and MgPar sequences (Iverson-Cabral et al.). In the current study, we show that mgpC heterogeneity similarly occurs within the type strain, G-37T, cultured in vitro and among cervical specimens collected from a persistently infected woman. In all cases, alternative mgpC sequences are indicative of recombination with MgPar regions

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